Down under replica DS Cabrio on ebay – at an over the top price!

Thanks to Citroënvie member Ian Stokes for drawing our attention to this unusual Vietnamese conversion of DS sedan to a cabriolet on ebay.  The most distinguishable thing visually that it is not a true cabrio is the top of the windshield where on each corner you can see the sedan’s roof-line extending out to a point rather than the windshield frame being beefed up but rounding at that point.

Here is the ebay ad copy:

• The wheels need to be balanced.
• The fuel gauge does not work.
• There are four bubbles in the paint.
• The rack may be leaking internally.
• The engine was rebuilt but is smokey.Maybe the (non-original) carby.
• The gearbox shifts like new, but is a 4 speed.
• The door trims need to be fastened securely.
• The seats, of buffalo hide, are too hard for a D.

Our opinion:

Rather amusing ad.  James expects to get $75K US for a replica DS cabrio with all these issues?   Great DS cabriolet “but”:

• wheels need balancing
• NG fuel gauge
• paint bubbles
• leaking steering rack
• smoking engine
• 4 rather than 5 speed gearbox
• door trims need fastening
• buffalo hide seats that are way too hard.

But hey!  “Other than that” he says, “it’s mint!”   Uhmmm, right!   Did you see the fit of the roof?  And take a close look at the engine bay.  Something tells us that the owner didn’t quite score the right coach builder in Vietnam and that he should have started out with a mechanically decent DS.

No wonder his heart now lies elsewhere!